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@StellarYoungMusic, a rising rock band from upstate New York who draws from as many different genres as possible, also has their business straight. The band keeps communication open, progress tracked in spreadsheets, and challenges in view to keep them moving forward. The guys called in for our final session at Rubber Tracks Brooklyn. Our conversation touched on: 1:24 / The story of Stellar Young 7:08 / Influences across genres 11:39 / Lost ideas, clean slates, and new projects 23:01 / Kickstarter, revenues, and funding 30:18 / Day jobs 32:22 / What's next for Stellar Young

This is the shape of punk to come. Zach, Nick, and Hector of the rising rock band @Lost-In-Society joined special guest host Brandon Korody in their tour van in Chicago to talk about lost ideas, their DIY approach, and the state of punk rock today. Our conversation touched on: 1:00 / Almost cutting "I Want To Know" 3:09 / Leaving songs off their new record Modern Illusions 7:00 / The state of punk rock today 12:42 / Warped Tour over the years 15:58 / Business goals for 2016 & managing themselves 23:48 / The band's revenue drivers 26:34 / What's next 27:56 / Tribute & support for Dez Cadena (Black Flag, Misfits)

@JamallBufford and @ObieIyoha of the mysterious, masked group @TheBlackOpera -- rap's first performing arts group -- called into Rubber Tracks Brooklyn to talk about their work, lost ideas, and what's next. Our conversation touched on: 1:44 / The formation of The Black Opera 5:50 / Taking off the masks 9:45 / Obie's path to joining TBO 13:20 / Fitting into TBO stylistically 15:50 / AML and collaborators 17:51 / International and internet marketing 23:27 / MySpace vs. Soundcloud 32:04 / What's next for The Black Opera Thanks for tuning in. Follow us for all new episodes, find @ExtraSessions only on Soundcloud, hit us up on Twitter and Instagram, and check out other fine shows from @RandomHaus.

For our first episode as part of the @RandomHaus podcast collective, @SeventhSounds -- producer/rapper/engineer & co-founder of @AGO_Music (Astronaut Gang) -- sat down with us in Grand Rapids while he was finishing his upcoming Weekend Sin EP for @Bloglin. Our conversation touched on: the early days and formation of AGO (1:26), creativity and lost ideas (7:55), treating "the Seventh" as a business (11:43), building a following & linking up with Mishka NYC (15:25), what's next for Seventh & AGO (22:51). Thanks for tuning in. Follow us for all new episodes, find @ExtraSessions only on Soundcloud, and hit us up on Twitter and Instagram.

Across genres, storytelling is the mark of the greats. San Francisco-based band I The Mighty is one of the torch bearers on this front in modern rock. The band members' eclectic ears turned their latest album, Connector, into one of last year's most ambitious projects. And they plan to keep breaking new ground as soon as they finish touring with legends like Say Anything, Coheed & Cambria, and Glassjaw. The band was gracious enough to sit down, alongside special guest host Brandon Korody, before their show at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago to tell us about Connector, their lost ideas, and what's next.

With only her Aviary series out in the world, @ErynAllenKane is already pretty damn hard to miss. She had less than a handful of tracks on the web when a growing list of luminaries, starting with Prince and Spike Lee, began to fall hard for Eryn's modern soul sound. We have too, and we were ecstatic when Tifini Kamara of @Never-Say-Die-MI shared her phone conversation with Eryn before the young singer hit the road for her first-ever tour in March.